MXenes for electrocatalysis applications: Modification and hybridization

X Bai, J Guan - Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2022 - Elsevier
Two-dimensional carbides, nitrides, and carbonitrides (MXenes) play important roles in
promoting the development of sustainable energy because they have abundant reactive …

MBenes: progress, challenges and future

B Zhang, J Zhou, Z Sun - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The prevalence of MXenes, two-dimensional (2D) transition metal carbides/nitrides
separated from layered MAX phases, has generated much interest in exploring 2D transition …

Tandem electrocatalytic nitrate reduction to ammonia on MBenes

G Zhang, X Li, K Chen, Y Guo, D Ma… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We demonstrate the great feasibility of MBenes as a new class of tandem catalysts for
electrocatalytic nitrate reduction to ammonia (NO3RR). As a proof of concept, FeB2 is first …

Room-temperature electrochemical acetylene reduction to ethylene with high conversion and selectivity

R Shi, Z Wang, Y Zhao, GIN Waterhouse, Z Li… - Nature Catalysis, 2021 - nature.com
The selective hydrogenation of acetylene to ethylene in ethylene-rich gas streams is an
important process in the manufacture of polyethylene. Conventional thermal hydrogenation …

Mo 2 B 2 MBene-supported single-atom catalysts as bifunctional HER/OER and OER/ORR electrocatalysts

T Zhang, B Zhang, Q Peng, J Zhou… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Searching for highly efficient and cost-effective bifunctional electrocatalysts for the oxygen
evolution reaction (OER), oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and hydrogen evolution reaction …

2D MBenes: a novel member in the flatland

VG Nair, M Birowska, D Bury, M Jakubczak… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 2D MBenes, early transition metal borides, are a very recent derivative of ternary or
quaternary transition metal boride (MAB) phases and represent a new member in the …

Theory, properties and engineering of 2D magnetic materials

S **ng, J Zhou, X Zhang, S Elliott, Z Sun - Progress in Materials Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Two-dimensional (2D) magnetism with a high Curie temperature (T c) has been the
pursuit of generations for its potential application in spintronic devices. Meanwhile, some …

A rising 2D star: novel MBenes with excellent performance in energy conversion and storage

T Xu, Y Wang, Z **ong, Y Wang, Y Zhou, X Li - Nano-Micro Letters, 2023 - Springer
As a flourishing member of the two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterial family, MXenes have
shown great potential in various research areas. In recent years, the continued growth of …

Wet‐Chemical Etching and Delamination of MoAlB into MBene and Its Outstanding Photocatalytic Performance

D Bury, M Jakubczak, MAK Purbayanto… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
MBenes are post‐MXene materials that contain boron in their structure instead of carbon
and nitrogen. This unique composition offers an opportunity to explore the role of boron in …

Computational prediction of boron-based MAX phases and MXene derivatives

N Miao, J Wang, Y Gong, J Wu, H Niu… - Chemistry of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Conventional MAX phases (M is an early transition metal, A represents a p-block element or
Cd, and X is carbon or nitrogen) have so far been limited to carbides and/or nitrides. In the …